Which 1 of these center channels is best w/ Monitor 60s & PSW505? (Size restriction)

UT_King

Fairly new to the home speaker world, but just bought my first house so I am setting up a home audio system. Unfortunately I have size restrictions on the center channel. It will be going on a mantle that is 7.5" deep and I have about 8.5" of height space. With 4 monitor 60s and a psw505, which one of these centers do you think will work best? Not looking to spend more than about $400. The CS1/2 and CS10/20 are all too big (9.75" depth or more).

Polk TL3 Center http://www.polkaudio.com/products/tl3c
Definitive Technology Procenter 1000 http://www.definitivetech.com/products/procenter-1000 (Leaning torwards this one)
Any other suggestions?

Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance.

tonyb

Personally I think any of those are too small. The CS20 would be way better but I understand the size restrictions. Ever think about going with no center at all ? Let the vocals come out of the front left and right speakers.

mr2686

Would it be that bad if it hung over 2 inches? It should remain secure.

gmcgee78

I have the CS20 and it is an awesome speaker. If you can stand it hanging over 2 inches I am sure you will like the way it sounds. The vocals are so clear.

Lietuvis91

I personally wouldn't want an eyesore in my system, like a speaker that looks out of place by sticking out 2 inches. Even thought matching speakers is idealy the best route, in your case I'd get something that is also esthetically pleasing and chances are you'll never know the difference when you hear the sound. Now between the polk and def tech, I have not heard either spaker. I have read possitive things about def tech, have not seen much on the polk. Also the def tech center has 4.5in drivers with a 1 in tweeter, while the polk has 3.25in drivers with a 3/4in tweeter, so the bigger drivers and tweeter on the def tech are a closer match to the monitors that you have. I'd lean towards def tech.

UT_King

mr2686 wrote: »

Would it be that bad if it hung over 2 inches? It should remain secure.

Well the CS20 would hang over 3.25" compared to CS10 would hang over 2.25". I thought about buying the CS10 and seeing how it looked. Its not that it wouldnt be secure, its more that it would look bad and hang so far out off the mantle. Not to mention stick out below the TV (which is about 2-3" above).

UT_King

Lietuvis91 wrote: »

I personally wouldn't want an eyesore in my system, like a speaker that looks out of place by sticking out 2 inches. Even thought matching speakers is idealy the best route, in your case I'd get something that is also esthetically pleasing and chances are you'll never know the difference when you hear the sound. Now between the polk and def tech, I have not heard either spaker. I have read possitive things about def tech, have not seen much on the polk. Also the def tech center has 4.5in drivers with a 1 in tweeter, while the polk has 3.25in drivers with a 3/4in tweeter, so the bigger drivers and tweeter on the def tech are a closer match to the monitors that you have. I'd lean towards def tech.

Yea, that is why I was thinking about going with the def tech. Its the closest match to speaker size i could find while being in a fairly compact design.

UT_King

tonyb wrote: »

Personally I think any of those are too small. The CS20 would be way better but I understand the size restrictions. Ever think about going with no center at all ? Let the vocals come out of the front left and right speakers.

That is what I am currently doing now. I was going to buy one of these centers and compare to no center. I just figured a center (even if a tad smaller) would be much better than no center at all. The def tech is close in speaker size and both have 1" tweeters.

UT_King

Thanks for the replies so far. Seems like I'm really in a jam with the TV over the fireplace.

Lietuvis91

UT_King wrote: »

Yea, that is why I was thinking about going with the def tech. Its the closest match to speaker size i could find while being in a fairly compact design.

Your thinking makes sense to me. ;-)

And I really think that at the end of the day, when you have everything dialed in right, it will sound just fine and you'll never know the difference. Wouldn't sweat the mismatch